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In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences faced by Indian American children after exposure to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We demonstrate that there is an intimate connection—an almost exact correspondence—between James Mill’s colonial-racist discourse (Mill was the head of the British East India Company) and the current school textbook discourse. This racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces the same psychological impacts on Indian American children that racism typically causes: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon akin to racelessness, where children dissociate from the traditions and culture of their ancestors.


This book is the result of four years of rigorous research and academic peer-review, reflecting our ongoing commitment at Hindupedia to challenge the representation of Hindu Dharma within academia.

Hindi Prayer to Shirdi Sai

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

Translated by P. R. Ramachander

Here is a very beautiful prayer to Sai Baba of Shirdi, in Hindi.

Dheena Dukhiyom se Prem Kao,
Sai Prasanna Hoga,
Prem Karo, Prem Karo, Prem Karo,
Sai Prasanna hoga,

Love the oppressed,
Love those who are sad,
Sai would be pleased with you,
Love, love and Love,
Sai would be pleased with you.

Sai Meraa, Main theraa,
Yeh prem ki bhakthi dhara,
sai prem ki bhakthi dhara

Sai belongs to me,
And I belong to Sai,
This is the stream of love,
This is the stream of love of Sai.

Dhayaa karo, Kripa karo, Sai
Raksha karo, Mere Sai,
Raksha karo, Mere Sai

Oh Sai, Show kindness, show mercy,
Oh my Sai, protect me,
Oh, my Sai, protect me.